These rice cakes were developed by nutritionist Nigel Mitchell for the cyclists of Team Sky.

"Part of the rice cake's popularity is that it's a vehicle for both macro-nutrients (in this case, carbohydrate) and micro-nutrients (all the little things with complex names that your body needs to maintain metabolism). You can load it up with other ingredients, sweet or savoury, although caution in your experiments is advised - our attempts at an egg curry rice cake ended badly. Any ingredients that might compromise the rice cake's structure, such as nuts and berries, can be incorporated by layering rice on to a baking tray, followed by a layer of the ingredient, followed by another layer of rice and pressing down firmly, making a rice cake sandwich that should hold strong."